Nearings ride in golf cart as Palouse Days grand marshals

They refused the parade car.

Opting for a golf cart instead to drive alongside members of the basketball team, Palouse Days Grand Marshals Monty and Bev Nearing accepted the honor Saturday afternoon.

“They like a low profile,” said Palouse Chamber of Commerce president Debbie Goetz. “This is kind of – a lot – out of their comfort zone.”

“The convertible, that’s for old people,” said Bev Nearing with a smile.

She and husband Monty are a retired couple who have lived in Palouse for 42 years.

Monty, a member of the Tekoa High School class of 1966, married Bev in the same month she graduated from...